All the mumbo-jumbo in the press release announcing the trio’s summer reunion tour left me utterly confused about just who will open for ’em Sept. 17 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. Turns out it’s everyone we’ve heard mentioned, and more — Weezer, yes … and Taking Back Sunday … and collegiate rapper Asher Roth.

Now tickets are going on sale, Saturday, May 30, at 10 a.m.

The Greek Theatre is putting several more dates in its Premier Marquee series on sale this weekend, including Tori Amos (pictured), performing July 17 behind her just-released 10th studio effort Abnormally Attracted to Sin, $35-$60 … Gipsy Kings, Sept. 18-19, $39.75-$120.75 … and Crosby, Stills & Nash, Sept. 23, $46-$91. The venue also has added a sharp soul show: John Legend with India.Arie and Vaughn Anthony, Sept. 1-2, $41-$86. All of those shows go on sale Saturday at 10.

Wondering when the Killers will get here on their own post-Coachella tour? Well, they play Sept. 13 at Santa Barbara Bowl ($37-$62, on sale Friday at 4 p.m.) and hit Mountain View, Sacramento and Phoenix throughout that month. Why do I feel a Forum or Staples Center announcement is imminent? By the way, also at the S.B. Bowl: Legend et al, Sept. 5, $52-$84, on sale Saturday at noon … and CS&N, Sept. 22, $37-$74, on sale Saturday at 11 a.m.

How cool is this: Franz Ferdinand will open for Green Day at the Forum on Aug. 25. And this: In the press release announcing that pairing, it was revealed that there will be a second Forum show, Aug. 26. Tickets are due to go on sale next weekend. If the second show isn’t automatically revealed, expect it to go on sale as soon as the first sells out.

The RBF/Beat tour also stops July 31 at Club Nokia, $25, on sale Friday at 10. But that’s hardly the hottest new attraction at that L.A. Live hotspot.

Darius Rucker, whose Hootie- and covers-filled country show made a big impression at Stagecoach, will headline there Oct. 20, $29.50-$65, on sale Saturday at 10. Even more exciting (to me, anyway): the Cult will bring its Love Live Tour, in which the band will play 1985’s Love (featuring “She Sells Sanctuary”) in its entirety, to the club on Aug. 22, $40-$50, on sale Saturday at 10.

Also coming to Club Nokia: Thin Lizzy, Sept. 3, $25-$35 … Gov’t Mule with Carney, Sept. 23, $28 … and Stryper with Flight Patterns, Nov. 14, $25-$35. All of those go on sale Friday at 10.

The Wiltern has added a few gigs that instantly get circled on my calendar: Gomez, touring behind its recently released sixth album A New Tide, Aug. 3, with Blind Pilot opening … and the National, who hopefully will have something new to offer by the time the band plays Aug. 29. Both shows go on sale Friday at 10 exclusively through livenation.com. Another Wiltern show going up on the promoter’s site at that time: Ratt & Extreme, July 17.

That R&E pairing (let’s dub it the More Than Round & Round Words Tour) also stops July 19 at House of Blues Anaheim, $35-$67.50, on sale Friday at 10. Also new at the Mouse House: Pete Yorn, July 10, $25-$42.50 … and Boyz II Men, Nov. 5, $37.50-$77.50. Those shows go on sale Saturday at 10.

You can also catch Yorn June 24 at the Roxy Theatre, the night after Coldplay‘s current opening act issues his new disc, Back and Fourth (obviously not his third or fifth album). Also at the West Hollywood club: HoneyHoney, July 7 … theSTART, July 9 … and the Glitch Mob, who just opened for the Prodigy at the Grove, July 24.

First Natalie Cole understandably canceled her July 15 performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Now, having undergone successful kidney transplant surgery, she has rescheduled for Sept. 9 at the landmark venue, where she will make her first appearance since recovering. Ticket-holders will be notified and existing tickets will be honored. A replacement concert for July 15, however, will not happen.

A year after putting out their 10th album, You Cross My Path, Tim Burgess and the Charlatans UK are coming back to Southern California, playing Sept. 18 at the Music Box at the Fonda in Hollywood, $25, on sale Friday at 10; and Oct. 13 at the Glass House in Pomona, $20, on sale Friday at noon. (Also look for them Oct. 12 at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa.)

Comedian George Lopez will play Nokia Theatre at some point other than late December when he headlines the L.A. Live venue on June 27, $55.50-$79.50, on sale Friday at 10. Also at Nokia and on sale at that time: 6 Jokers and a Queen of Comedy, featuring Sommore, J Anthony Brown, George Willborn, Jimmie “J.J.” Walker and more, July 5, $25-$65 … and the Gap Band’s Charlie Wilson with Keith Sweat and Jupiter Rising, July 18, $44.50-$84.50.

Canceled at El Rey, however, is the already postponed pairing of Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, May 31. Refunds available at point of purchase.

Finally, remember earlier this year when the Yost Theater in downtown Santa Ana reopened? I haven’t seen much action there since, but there’s finally a new show to announce: KUCI Nights this Thursday, May 28, with Mothers Sons, Red Cortez, the Fling, Vast Atlantic and KUCI DJ Jeremy. Tickets are $8.

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